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James Warren Jones was an American civil rights preacher, faith healer and cult leader who conspired with his inner circle to direct a mass murder-suicide of his followers in his jungle commune at Jonestown, Guyana. He launched the Peoples Temple in Indiana during the 1950s. Rev. Jones was ordained in 1957 by the Independent Assemblies of God and in 1964 by the Disciples of Christ. He moved his congregation to California in 1965 and gained notoriety with its activities in San Francisco in the 1970s. He then left the United States, bringing many members to a Guyana jungle commune.
Birth Name
James Warren Jones
Born
Wednesday, 13 May 1931
Died
Saturday, 18 November 1978
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
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| How to Become a Cult Leader | Self | 2023 |
| Mother Undercover | Self | 2023 |
| QAnon: The Search for Q | Self - Leader, People's Temple | 2021 |
| The UnXplained | Self - Leader, People's Temple | 2019 |
| A Year in Music | Self | 2019 |
| Very Scary People | Self - Religious Cult Leader of 'People's Temple' | 2019 |
| Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost | Self - Pastor, Peoples Temple / Self (archive footage) | 2018 |
| People Magazine Investigates: Cults | Self | 2018 |
| Explained | Self - Leader, Peoples Temple | 2018 |
| Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre | Self | 2018 |
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